StoneCold":3j54j72o said:
MizzouHawkGal":3j54j72o said:
StoneCold":3j54j72o said:
Interesting comments on Kam. This has to be about the Principle. He knows he will likely make less money in his career by holding out and he's OK with that. He has plenty of money. He wants respect.
Funny way of going about getting it to me. I guess respect is some kind of code word for money Whatever he can do as pleases but don't expect much "respect".
I don't think it's as simple as saying it's about greed or that if money shouldn't or doesn't equal respect. We are only talking about respect in football terms. I know he is burning bridges between himself and the fans, he knows it too.
We are asking him to brutalize his body, risk serious injury, possibly life changing injury.
It is easy for us to weigh and say, "He signed the contract, now Play!". It's easy for us to say he's doing this because he doesn't love his team mates and he doesn't appreciate his fans. He might, but just not enough to do it for what they are going to pay him. Something happened between signing that contract and today that makes him say, it's not enough. I hate it, but I will respect his right to make that choice and I'm not going paint him as a whiney, petulant child taking his ball and going home, I don't have enough information to do that. He may be maturely and soberly making this choice and fully knows all the consequences. I think it's all together more complex than many posters make it out to be.
People all over the world get hurt, crippled, maimed on the job. They don't get 7 million a year, they don't get the best medical care available all paid for, and they don't get all the glory and benefits that comes with being an NFL player. So spare me the "injury" sob story.
I've had 4 back surgeries with a spine full of rods, plates and screws, i fight to get treatment and have medical bills stacked a mile high. I battle chronic pain, day in and day out, but because I wasn't able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the injury happened while working for the local University (their legal team far outweighed my ability to do paperwork), I'm stuck with the bills, the pain, and the sometimes overwhelming fatigue. But I don't run around complaining about it all the time. I try to speak of it as little as possible until my frustration boils over, because there are people that are far worse off than I am.
Zero pity for football, or any other professional sports player. They get the glory, the money, the freebies, and they get treated like kings where ever they go.
If they're worried about how much money they are making, or if they might get injured, then they should follow in Chris Borland's shoes, and get a real job, like the rest of us schmucks that pay their bills for them.